Installing the 'Business' or 'Professional' versions of 'Pages Generator' ________________________________________________________________________ 1. Installation --------------- Place the supplied diskette, labelled 'Mobile Pages' into your PC's disk drive. Type: a:\install .... to install the contents of the disk on your C: drive, in the directory mobpages. OR Type: a:\install .... to install the contents onto a different drive. So, typing: a:\install d: .... will install the contents onto drive D:. (Note, you should check the drive exists and can be written to!) 2. Setting up your PC --------------------- With the software successfully installed, you should make sure that your PC is setup correctly to run the Psion Emulator and to process Mobile Pages files. You MUST do the following 2 things : a. Ensure that the LASTDRIVE setting in \config.sys is set to the letter 'M', or to a letter AFTER 'M', in the alphabet. You should now be able to enter the Psion Emulator. You MUST exit Windows in order to run the Psion Emulator. It will NOT run from a DOS window, launched from Windows! b. Add \mobpages\pc to your PATH in \autoexec.bat. This will ensure that the commands used in the supplied scripts can be found. Once you have completed the above, you should REBOOT your PC, for the changes to take effect. 3. Entering the Psion Emulator ------------------------------ In order to enter the Psion Emulator, type \psion from DOS. Note that you can force 'Full screen mode' by typing '\psion Full' or return to the default by typing '\psion Small'. You should always be in full screen mode when using Pages Generator. You must remember that the Psion Emulator is a software version of the Psion Series 3a. The latter is designed with special keys. The Psion Emulator uses the PC's function keys to allow access to the same features. The following summarises the most commonly used function keys : F1 - System F2 - Data application F3 - Word application F4 - Agenda application F5 - Time application F6 - World application F7 - Calc application F8 - Sheet application F9 - Menu application F10 - Help key F12 - 'Diamond' (execute) key Alt - Psion key Of the above, F1, F9, F10 and F12 are the most commonly used when working with Mobile Pages. To EXIT the emulator, hold down the ALT, CONTROL & SHIFT keys together, and press Z. Note that the 'Fatal application error 00' message is NORMAL and does NOT indicate an error condition! 4. What files go where? ----------------------- This section does get a little technical. It is not necessary to understand the information contained in it. However, it will be of interest to some readers. A Psion Series 3a has 3 available devices, referred to as 'M' (internal memory), 'A' and 'B'. Optional storage devices can be inserted into slots 'A' and 'B' to provide additional storage space for files. The Psion Emulator uses 3 subdirectories in the directory \mobpages\psion, called dev-m, dev-a and dev-b, to emulate these devices. So, if you place a file in the directory \mobpages\psion\dev-m, the Psion Emulator will see the file in its 'M' device. Mobile Pages software and the supplied Mobile Pages databases are loaded in the \app and \app\pages directories of (in this case) device 'M', as seen by the Psion Emulator. They physically exist in the directories \mobpages\psion\dev-m\app and \mobpages\psion\dev-m\app\pages. Note that the Psion Emulator is provided by Psion plc, under their Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions can be found in the file 'readme.s3a', in the \mobpages\pc directory. 5. Creating Mobile Pages databases ---------------------------------- You will read on the 'Mobile Pages Challenge' diskette, how you create 1 or 2 files in order to generate a Mobile Pages database. These files should be created in \app\pages on any Psion device, which means that, due to the file structure of the Psion emulator, (see previous section), you should place them in the directory : \mobpages\psion\dev-m\app\pages (recommended) or \mobpages\psion\dev-a\app\pages or \mobpages\psion\dev-b\app\pages 6. Using Mobile Pages with the Psion 3a Emulator ------------------------------------------------ Enter the Psion Emulator, as discussed in section 3, above. Every time you enter the Emulator, you will need to 'install' the Mobile Pages applications. This is a function of the Emulator and is beyond Mobile Software's control. Having said that, once you've done it a few times, it takes only a couple of seconds. Press the ALT key and the 'i' key together. Select PAGES.opa and press enter. Repeat the process, selecting PAGESgen.opa and PAGESmgr.opa. These 3 applications are summarised below : Pagesgen.opa - Pages Generator - Create Mobile Pages databases Pages.opa - Pages Viewer - Search and view Mobile Pages databases Pagesmgr.opa - Pages Manager - Control access to Mobile Pages databases 7. Further information ---------------------- All Mobile Pages software modules include comprehensive on-line help. Press the 'Help' key if you are running the software on the Psion, or press the F10 function key within the Emualator, to access this help. Additional information can also be found at Mobile Software's Web site and on the 'Mobile Pages Challenge' diskette. 8. Terms and Conditions of supply --------------------------------- All rights reserved. All supplied documentation, including in electronic format, and the software referred to are copyrighted works of Mobile Software Ltd, London, England. Reproduction in whole or part by any means whatsoever, without the express written permission of Mobile Software Ltd is prohibited, as is reverse engineering. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Mobile Software Ltd accepts no liability for loss or consequential loss from misuse or any defect or failure of the programs, howsoever arising. Psion Series 3, Series 3a, SSD and Solid State Disk are Trademarks of Psion plc. Mobile Software Ltd acknowledges that some of the names referred to may be registered trademarks. 9. Software license ------------------- a. Grant of license This Mobile Software license agreement ("License") permits you to use ONE copy of the Mobile Software product received, (unless otherwise agreed in writing). The SOFTWARE is licensed as a single product. If you have multiple licenses for the SOFTWARE, you may have as many copies of the SOFTWARE in use, as you have licenses, at any one time. 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